1-4, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information)

NZ 2464 NE and NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE ELDON SQUARE NZ 2464 SE (east side) 16/223 and 20/223 Nos. 1-4 consecutive and Nos. 6 and 7. 14.6.54 G.V. II* Includes Nos. 44b and 44c Blackett Street (q.v.). Houses, now offices and shops. 1825-31; by Thomas Oliver and John Dobson for Richard Grainger. Sandstone ashlar; Welsh slate roof. Basement, 3 storeys and some later attics; 33 bays in all, with slightly-projecting 5-bay end pavilions defined by giant pilasters. Houses vary from 3 to 5 bays. 8-panelled doors and overlights (with glazing bars to No.4). Plain reveals to these and to sash windows, mostly with glazing bars; aprons to ground floor windows. First floor sill string in outer bays; second floor entablature and cornice; top plainer cornice. Later mansard roof with 5 dormers to No.6; 2 inserted pedimented dormers to No.1.Ashlar ridge chimneys. Right return in similar style has C20 shops inserted in ground floor, giant corner pilaster at right; glazing bars to sash windows on upper floors. Source: T. Oliver New Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle 1831, 97.

NZ 2464 SE NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE BLACKETT STREET (north side)

20/223 Nos 44b and 44c

G.V. II*

The right return of Nos. 1 - 7 Eldon Square (q.v.).

Listing NGR: NZ2478764493